Anchoring tent-pin.



S. .G. GILLESPIE.

ANGHOBING TENT PIN. APPLIOATIOH FILED JAN.26,19'10.

1,008,323. PatentedNov. 14,1911.

'is a side elevation with the shell in longiforcing of the body into the ground, and

SAMUEL GpG-ILLE SPIE, OF WAKE FORREST, WEST VIRGINIA.

- ANCHORING TENT PIN.

il it) 1 1,008,323. Specification'of T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SA UEL G. ,GlLLESPIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVake Forrest, in the; county of Kanawha, State of I "est"Virginia, have invente(l,certain new and usefulImprovements'in Anchoring TenbPinS; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to .make anduse the same.

This invention relates to anchoring tent pins and it has for'itsi ohject to provide a new article of manufacture in .that its struce. tural detailsare designed wholly for the purpose of enabling the manufacture of the article at such "a low-jcostas will insure its commercialsuccess. f. I 1

lVith'this and other objects in view, theinvention consists in; certain novel features of co'nstructioiias hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claim; and, in theddrawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation viewed from one side of the improved device with the anchoring attachment in projected position. Fig. 2 is a view similar' Fig. 1 viewed from another side, or with the an choring attachments in edge view. Fig. 3

tudinal section and the anchor members in projetcd position in full lines and in withdrawn position in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the slidable member detached.

The improved device comprises a stock or body 10 formed of a metal tube and compressed or flattened atthe lower end as shown at 11 to form a point to facilitate the with an outwardly directed flange 12 at the opposite end. Formed through the sides of the body 10 near the lower end are longitudinal slots 13-44. The body may be of any required size and of any required length, according to the size of the tent with which it is employed.

Slidably disposed within the tubularbody 10 is a plate or plunger 15, preferably in fiat form and provided with a willing ring, or eye 16 at the upper end and with transverse clet'ts 17-;18 near the lower ends with the metal plate below the (:let'ts'hent laterally from the body of the plate to form stops for the anchor device, as hereinafter exmammals Patented Nov. 14%, 1911.1 Application' fi1ed January 26, 1910. Serial No. 540,260.

when the plate is in its lower hereinafterexplained.

Pivot-ed at- 2021' to the plate 15 just above the clefts17l8 are two anchor arms 22T23, the armsextendin'g through the slots 1314,'asshown. At their outer ends portion llis a transverse stop pin 19 against ,wlnclrthe lower-end of the plate 15 bears position, as

when the plate'15 is-disposed [in its inner position or with its lower end" resting upon the stoppin it), the arms"2223 will be caused to engage against the bottoms of the slots 1314 and be moved therethrough into their avithdrawn position with the curved terminals 2l25 bearing against "the sides of the stock 10 just above the upper ends of I the slots.13-1-l, or in the position shown dotted in Fig.

il'he-n in this position the" anchor devices do not ofier any appreciable gagement with the upper terminals of the slots l3-1t and likewise supported by the stops 17-18 to limit their movement and prevent them from passing beyond a position substantially at right angles to the plate 15. By this means the pin is effectually anchored in the ground and prevented frombeing withd'awn by any strains to which it will be liable to be subjected when in use, while at the same time the anchor devices Q223 will he locked-in position and prevented from displacement downwardly. The stop devices produced by the clefts 17-]S are thus important elements in the construction and materially increase the etliciency and utility of the device. .The stop pin 19 is also an important feature as it not only forms a stop to the downward movement of the plate 15 but likewise strengthens the stock 10 and prevents the collapsing of the stock under the strains to which it is l able to be subjected when driven into the ground. The pin 19 it will which the perihirations for The improved pins are preferably driven into the ground at an angle of about forty-five degrees, or in alinement with the tent ropes which are to be supported. thereby, and connected to the pull eye 16, as will e understood. When the pins are to be removed. from the ground the tent ropes are slackened and the members 15 forced downwardly into the stock 10 to cause the withdrawal of the anchor devices 2223 as before described. laterally in any in the ground.

One of the tent ropes, or other similar device is then looped around the body 10 beneath the flange 1.2 and the body 10 Withdrawn from the ground, care being taken to hold the member 15 in its Withdrawn position Within the shell 10, so that the anchor members will be retained in their withdrawn position, and not cause appreciable resistance to the withdrawal of the body.

In the manufacture of the body portion of the tent pin, the formation of the blade and the adjacent lower portion is accomplished by one operation of a die, after the brace pin are made and then the slots for the anchoring arms. The hanging of the upper end of the body is p lornied before the die operation justrcterrcd to.

The body 10 is then worked suitable manner to loosen it What is claimed is The combination in a tent pin, of a tubular metallic member having one end flattened to form a blade and the opposite sides thereof tapered toward the upper end of the said blade, a slide movable through the tubular member and being provided at its lower opposite edges with slits with the material ad acent thereto bent to form a pair of ears,

\ arms pivotedabove the said ears and limited in their downward movement by their contact therewith, a pin extending transversely of the tubular member adjacent the blade for engagement with a notch located in the lower end of the slide whereby the I testimon 1 whereof I aflix m I si na-.

ture, in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL G. GILLESPIE. Witnesses:

A. M. CRAMER, S. R. BRATTAN. 

